Stewardess-to-be Students Display Strength in Military Training

CHENGDU, CHINA – JUNE 14: (CHINA OUT) Prospective flight attendants of Chengdu East Star Airlines College take military training on June 14, 2016 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. 20 prospective flight attendants from Chengdu East Star Airlines College attended a military training including creeping in water, raising logs, combat and wrestling to prepare for dealing with emergency situations on aircraft. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

CHENGDU, CHINA – JUNE 14: (CHINA OUT) Prospective flight attendants of Chengdu East Star Airlines College take military training on June 14, 2016 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. 20 prospective flight attendants from Chengdu East Star Airlines College attended a military training including creeping in water, raising logs, combat and wrestling to prepare for dealing with emergency situations on aircraft. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

CHENGDU, CHINA – JUNE 14: (CHINA OUT) Prospective flight attendants of Chengdu East Star Airlines College take military training on June 14, 2016 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. 20 prospective flight attendants from Chengdu East Star Airlines College attended a military training including creeping in water, raising logs, combat and wrestling to prepare for dealing with emergency situations on aircraft. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

CHENGDU, CHINA – JUNE 14: (CHINA OUT) Prospective flight attendants of Chengdu East Star Airlines College take military training on June 14, 2016 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. 20 prospective flight attendants from Chengdu East Star Airlines College attended a military training including creeping in water, raising logs, combat and wrestling to prepare for dealing with emergency situations on aircraft. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

CHENGDU, CHINA – JUNE 14: (CHINA OUT) Prospective flight attendants pose for pictures at Chengdu East Star Airlines College on June 14, 2016 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. 20 prospective flight attendants from Chengdu East Star Airlines College attended a military training including creeping in water, raising logs, combat and wrestling to prepare for dealing with emergency situations on aircraft. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

CHENGDU, CHINA – JUNE 14: (CHINA OUT) Prospective flight attendants pose for pictures at Chengdu East Star Airlines College on June 14, 2016 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. 20 prospective flight attendants from Chengdu East Star Airlines College attended a military training including creeping in water, raising logs, combat and wrestling to prepare for dealing with emergency situations on aircraft. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

Chinese flight attendants are forced to practise hand-to-hand combat as part of their gruelling training, these snaps reveal. Training for the country’s wannabe air hostesses resembles an army boot camp rather than a laid back college class.